If you’re considering an EV or plug-in hybrid, you must also consider how you’ll keep your new vehicle’s batteries charged. You’ll need a home charger that fits the capabilities of your new EV and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last month, we examined the issue of depleting a battery beyond its nominal discharge voltage.

Specifics of the charging and discharging steps of a cell charger/discharger. How to achieve regulation via feedback. A look at the 4-wire connection to the cell. Charging and discharging are the most ...

There’s an unbelievable amount of work going on right now to boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries. PhDs around the globe are, at this very moment, furrowing their respective brows, trying to ...

Two statements in November’s “Battery basics” illustrate a shallow and superficial knowledge of such basics. First, an electrode does not transport electrons from one side of the battery to the other; ...

USB has become as much a standard for connecting power to portable devices as it has for serial communication. Recently, the power aspects of USB have been extended to cover battery charging as well ...